Vacherin

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A soft cow's-milk cheese from France and Switzerland. countable, uncountable

    "After all, the lure of endless, sensual evil is as nothing compared to a good, spoonable Vacherin."

  2. 2
    A cake-shaped dessert made of an almond paste shell filled with (non-frozen) double cream and topped with whipped cream. countable, dated
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of vacherin glacé. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis

Etymology

Borrowed from French vacherin, from Franco-Provençal [Term?]. The dessert was likely named for its resemblance to the round shape of vacherin cheese wheels.

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